Orlando woman dies when vehicle overturns into pond in Christmas

Aurilis Hernandez Rivera's Mercury sedan overturned in a pond off State Road 520.

April 21, 2011|By Anika Myers Palm, Orlando Sentinel

An Orlando woman died Thursday morning when her vehicle overturned into a pond on State Road 520 in Christmas near Nova Road.

The 38-year-old woman, Aurilis Hernandez Rivera, was traveling eastbound in a Mercury sedan about 7 a.m. when the vehicle traveled through the center median, across westbound lanes, down an embankment and overturned in a pond.

Other drivers who saw the crash worked at pulling the woman from the vehicle as Orange County Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol arrived at the scene of the crash.

She died at the scene.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect description of the victim's car because of erroneous information provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.